The nominations for the Game Awards 2024, which recognize the most innovative, unique and impactful story-driven stories in the games industry of the year, were announced on Monday.
The leader is the popular Japanese RPG adventure series Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with a total number of seven nominations. After the critical success of Rebirth, released earlier this year in February, the third and final game in the Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy is officially in active development. First reported by 4Gamer, the Japanese website revealed that during a recent appearance at the G-CON 2024 convention in South Korea, Rebirth producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed that Square Enix had fleshed out the plot and overall concept of the third game, marking its pre-production finalization.
Other nominated titles include LocalThunk’s BalatroGame science Black Myth: Wukong and Team Asobi’s wholesome platformer Astrobotwhich was connected Rebirth for seven nominations, including Game Direction, Best Narrative and Game of the Year. Sony Interactive Entertainment is the most nominated publisher this year with 16, followed by Square Enix and Xbox with 12 nominations each. This year also marks the tenth anniversary of The Game Awards. While it is rumored to be a more specialized event, the team has not yet confirmed anything specifically related to this year’s ceremony. Still, there is much to celebrate in terms of the audience’s continued admiration and growth. In 2023, The Game Awards broke its own viewership record with more than 118 million livestreams, marking a 15% increase since the 2022 awards, cementing its status as one of the industry’s biggest annual events.
“Always bet on the future,” The Game Awards founder and host Geoff Keighley told Deadline. “10 years ago, when we launched TGA, the concept of a streaming-only award show without a TV network or cable distribution seemed virtually impossible. As soon as someone tells you why something isn’t working, it’s a good indication that you’re trying something new, different, and potentially groundbreaking. Our entire team took a huge risk to create a TV-level awards show that can be streamed on YouTube and Twitch. Everyone thought we were crazy and no platform wanted to fund it. But the game companies believed in what we were building for the future and supported us from day one. Ten years later, I’m so grateful that we took that gamble and now have a truly global showcase and celebration of video games.
Executive producer Kimmie Kim added, “From year one, we learned to create the space in our own unique way. “There is no one size fits all,” but we are proud of what we have built over the past decade, and it has been an overwhelming and rewarding experience.”
Fans can participate in voting via The Game Awards website and Discord server from now until December 11. The winners will be announced on December 12 at the Peacock Theater (formerly known as Microsoft Theater) in Los Angeles and streamed live via The Game Awards website and on more than 30 social platforms and video networks.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Game of the year
Astrobot (Team Asobi/SIE)
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (From Software/Bandai Namco)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Best game direction
Astro Bot (Team Asobi/SIE)
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (From Software/Bandai Namco)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Best story
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Like a dragon: infinite wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
Metaphor: ReFantanzio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)
Best Art Direction
Astrobot (Team Asobi/SIE)
Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (From Software/Bandai Namco)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Neva (Nomada Studio/developer)
Best score and music
Astrobot (Team Asobi/SIE)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)
Stellar blade (Shift up/SIE)
Best audio design
Astrobot (Team Asobi/SIE)
Call of Duty: Black Ops6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)
Best performance
Briana White, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Hanna Telle, Life is strange: double exposure
Modest González, Star Wars Outlaws
Luke Roberts, Silent Hill 2
Melina Jürgens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Innovation in accessibility
Call of Duty: Black Ops6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)
Dragon Age: The Veil Guard (BioWare/EA)
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
Games for impact
Closer to the distance (Osmotic Studios/Skybound Games)
Indika (Odd meter/11 bit studios)
Neva (Nomada Studio/developer)
Life is strange: double exposure (Deck Nine/Square Enix)
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
Stories of Kenzera: Zau (Surgent Studios/EA)
Best running game
Lot 2 (Bungie/SIE)
Diablo IV (Blizzard/Xbox)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic games)
Hell divers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)
Best community support
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian)
Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
Fortnite (Epic games)
Hell divers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)
No one’s heaven (Hello games)
Best independent game
Animal welfare (Shared memory/Bigmode)
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
Lorelei and the laser eyes (Simogo/Annapurna interactive)
Neva (Nomada Studio/developer)
UFO 50 (Mossmouth)
Best Debut Indie Game
Animal welfare (Shared memory/Bigmode)
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
Landlords (Slavic magic/hooded horse)
Pacific drive (Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive)
The brave squire (All possible futures/devolver)
Best mobile game
AFK trip (FARLIGHT/Lilith games)
Balatro (LocalThunk/PlayStack)
Pokémon trading card game Pocket (Creatures Inc/TPCI)
Wuthering waves (Kuro games)
Zenless Zone Zero (miHoYo)
Best VR/AR game
Arizona Sunshine remake (Vertigo games)
Asgard’s Wrath 2 (Sanzaru Games/Oculus Studios)
Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj/Oculus Studios)
Metal: Hellsinger VR (Lab 42/The Outsiders/Funcom)
Metro awakening (Vertigo games)
Best action game
Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
Call of Duty: Black Ops6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
Hell divers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)
Stellar blade (Shift up/SIE)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber interactive/focus entertainment)
Best action/adventure game
Astrobot (Team Asobi/SIE)
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team/Konami)
Star Wars Outlaws (Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft)
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo/Nintendo)
Best RPG
Dragon dogma 2 (Capcom)
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (From Software/Bandai Namco)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Like a dragon: infinite wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)
Best fighting game
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco)
Granblue Fantasy vs: Rising (Arc system works/Cygames)
Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics (Capcom)
MultiVersus (Player First Games/WB Games)
Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
Best family game
Astrobot (Team Asobi/SIE)
Princess Peach: Showtime! (Good Feelings / Nintendo)
Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Grezzo/Nintendo)
The brave squire (All possible futures/devolver)
Best sim/strategy game
Age of Mythology: Retold (World’s Edge/Forgotten Empires/Xbox Game Studios)
Frostpunk 2 (11-bit studios)
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom)
Landlords (Slavic magic/hooded horse)
Unicorn overlord (Vanillaware/Sega/Atlus)
Best sports/racing game
F1 24 (Codemasters/EA Sports)
EA SportsFC25 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)
NBA2K25 (Visual Concepts/2K)
Topspin 2K25 (Hangar 13/2K)
WWE 2K24 (Visual Concepts/2K)
Best multiplayer game
Call of Duty: Black Ops6 (Treyarch/Raven/Activision/Xbox)
Hell divers 2 (Arrow Game Studios/SIE)
Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo Cube/Nintendo)
Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber interactive/focus entertainment)
Best adaptation
Arcane (Riot/Fortiche/Netflix)
Fallout (Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios)
Knuckles (Sega/Paramount)
Like a dragon: Yakuza (Sega/Amazon MGM Studios)
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Crystal Dynamics/Legendary/Netflix)
Most anticipated game
Death Stranding 2: On the beach (Kojima Productions/SIE)
Spirit of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/SIE)
Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Games)
Metroid Prime 4: Onward (Retrostudios/Nintendo)
Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)
Content creator of the year
CaseOh
IlloJuan
Technogamerz
Typical Gamer
Usada Pekora
Best Esports Game
Counterattack 2 (Valve)
DOT 2 (Valve)
League of Legends (Riot games)
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Moonton)
Valorant (Riot games)
Best Esports Athlete
33 – Neta Shapira
Aleksib – Aleksi Virolainen
Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon
Faker – Lee Sang-hyeok
ZyWoO – Mathieu Herbaut
ZmjjKk – Zheng Yongkang
Best Esports Team
Bilibili gaming (League of Legends)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
NAVI (Counterattack)
T1 (League of Legends)
Team Fluid (DOT 2)
